Distributer or salt and pepper shaker.



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N. 743,626. A PATENTED NOV. l0, 1903.

J. S.- DUPPIE. DISTRIBUTER 0R SALT AND- PEPPER SHAKER.

.' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1901.

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Patented November 10, 1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0, 74=3,626, dated November 10, 1903..

Application filed September 12, 1901. Serial No. 75,201. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. DUFFXE, acltizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributers or Salt and Pepper Shakers, time., of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a distributing vessel, and is intended chiefly to distribute such articles as salt-,pepper, sugar, dro., used for diningtable purposes, and it may also be used for distributing deur, condiments, clac. It also prevents 'the contents of the vessel from spilling out through the perforated cap and alsoprevents dampness from getting into the contents.

My invention consists of a vessel, prefererably in the shape of the common saltdistributer, having on its top a perforated cap and on the upper surface of the cap an elevation forming a guide, and hinged to the cap is the lid, having a perforation for the guide to enter or pass through and having pins projecting from the lower side of thelid adapted to enter and be withdrawn from the perforations in the cap and also a lever-handie and means to throw the lid down and force the pins through the perforations. Said `pins pass through said perforations and keep the salt cut up ne as the bottle is shaken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of 'the lid, showing the pins or teeth struck down. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of my invention. Fig. 4 is a top View of the cap, the perforations being srnall, and therefore are adapted to distribute finelypowdered material. Fig. 5 is asectional View of the lid, showing the pins secured to the under face thereof or cast integral therewith. Fig. 6 is a top View of the lid shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view of the cap, showing a spiral spring, which throws the lid down.. Fig. 8 is another view of the cap where a fiat spring is used. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form-that is, a form in which the guide is not used.

My invention is described as follows:

l is the vessel,which is made, preferably, in the shape of a salt shaker or distribnter.

2 is the cap, preferably threaded and screwed on the neck of the vessel. The top of the cap is preferably datand is provided with perforations 3 and a central projection 4f. This cap is also provided with perforated hinging-ears 5.

6 is the lid, provided with pins 7, central guide-perforation 8, perforated hinging-ears 9, and lever-handle 10, the end of which is turned down, so as to prevent the lid from being` raised to a position more than at right angles to the face of the cap. The lid is hinged to said cap by means of a hinge-pin passing through the perforations in said ears 5 and i).

12 is the coil-spring, which throws the le- Verhandle up and the lid down, forcing the pins to enter the perforations 3, and thereby clean them out.

The pins 7 may be struck down through the lid, as shown in Fig. 42.

The central perforation 8 fits snugly over the central elevation 4, and therefore the teeth are thereby so guided that they unfailingly enter the perforations 3.

The diagram shown in Fig. 4 is for the purpose of showing the spring 12 and showing the perforations smaller and closer together than in Fig. 1, and the diagram shown in Fig. 5 illustrates a sectional View of the lid used in connection with the last-mentioned cap. This lid may be cast all in one piece, and the diagram shown in Fig. 6 shows the top face of this lid.

In the lower face of the leverhandle is a slight depression 13 to keep the upper end of the spring in place, and corresponding thereto are depressions 14: in the cap to keep the lower end or ends of the spring in place.

In connection with this invention I use a salt-crusherl. (Shown in Fig. 1.) Any style salt-crusher may be used; but the one I use and consider better adapted for the purpose intended has on each end four blades extending radially from the shaft, their upper audllower edges being sharp.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A. distributer, consisting of a vessel, preferably in the shape of a salt-distributer; a cap secured on the top of said vessel, and provided with perforations; a guide secured on said cap; a lid fitting on the top of said oep, provided with e perforation for the guide to pass through, and with pins 'to enter seid perforetions, and with means to raise and lower said lid, substantially as shown and delricribed and for the purposes set forth.

2. A distributer, consisting of a vessel, preferably in the shape of a salt-distributer; a. cap provided with perforations, secured on the top of said vessel; a. guide secured on said cap; a spring-actuated lid fitting on the top of seid cap and provided with a perforation for the guide to pass through, and with pins to enter said perforzttions; said lid hinged to said cap, substantially as shown and de. scribed and for the purposes set forth.

3. A distribnter, consisting of a, vessel7 preferably in the Shape of a, selbdistributer; a cap provided with perforated hingingears,

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perforations in its top and vertical depres sione iu its side; alid,heving perforated hinging-ears, e lever-handle provided with an under depression, hinged to, and tting on the top of seid cap; pins extending from the lower face of said lid, end adapted to enter seid perforatione, and e spring operating in the lower depression of the lever-handle, and the vertical depressions of the cap, and adapted to throw said lever-handle up, and said lid down, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. DUFFIE.

iVitnesses:

REBECCA PARKER, J. E. LAMBERT. 

